Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 125
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were about to come up to catch Zhao Min, Gu Lingqing glanced over, and the officers and soldiers froze when they caught his sight, and unconsciously felt a cold air rising from the soles of his feet, it was actually Dare not to pinch Zhao Min.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not move, Wei Wentong became a little anxious. He directly grabbed the chopping board on the table and threw it at the officers and soldiers: "What are you doing? Do not act quickly."

As soon as the magistrate finished speaking, Gu Lingqing took out a token from her waist, stretched out her right hand, and held it in front of the magistrate.

Wei Wentong couldn't see clearly from a distance, so he exchanged a glance with the master next to him, the master nodded and walked forward, after seeing the token clearly, his eyes widened in fright, his legs trembled, and he knelt down He fell in front of Gu Lingqing.

"I don't know His Royal Highness King Qi is coming, please forgive me."

After Wei Wentong heard what the master said, he was also very surprised. Why did His Royal Highness King Qi come with this woman today?
But without being surprised right now, Wei Wentong immediately stood up from the official chair, walked into the hall, and knelt down next to the master: "I will see His Royal Highness King Qi."

Gu Lingqing put the token on his waist in an unhurried manner, and did not intend to explain that he was not King Qi.

As early as when Gu Lingqing went to change clothes just now, she actually went back to the room and took Gu Qi's token by the way,

This token was given to Gu Lingqing by Gu Qi when he first arrived in Liangcheng, so that Gu Lingqing could do some things conveniently, but he didn't expect it to be used here today.

In the final analysis, Gu Lingqing still looks "harmless to humans and animals" in front of the emperor. Although the stupid situation has improved, it is not enough to be able to handle this kind of thing alone. It is better to use His Royal Highness King Qi to deal with this matter. name.

Otherwise, Gu Lingqing is afraid that if it spreads to Beijing, it will only arouse even greater suspicion from the emperor.

The officers and soldiers around saw that the county magistrate and master, who were always arrogant and domineering, knelt down in front of this man, and they also knelt down one after another.

At this time, Gu Lingqing looked at the county magistrate and master kneeling in front of her, and then looked at the situation in the lobby: "What? I have been here for so long, and I don't have any tea." After finishing speaking, Gu Lingqing still pretended to squeeze Touched his neck and coughed twice.

The county magistrate was still kneeling on the ground, but he straightened up and glared at the officers and soldiers beside him angrily: "Don't give up your seat to the prince and pour tea."

The officer and soldier also had good eyesight. Seeing that he came with Zhao Min, he moved two chairs into the hall and poured two cups of tea.

I saw Gu Lingqing sitting on the chair, but Zhao Min was standing beside him. Normally, Zhao Min must be enjoying the official authority sitting on the chair, looking at the county magistrate leisurely.

But she still had injuries on her buttocks, so she couldn't sit still. As for the two officers and soldiers who were holding tea in their hands, Gu Lingqing refused to take it.

Gu Lingqing just sat like this, without opening his mouth to speak, but Wei Wentong, who was kneeling on the ground, already had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead. After a while, the sweat became more and more profuse. One can imagine how frightened he was inside. .

After not seeing Gu Lingqing speak for a long time, Wei Wentong finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, raised his head tremblingly, fixed his gaze on Gu Lingqing's chest, but dared not look up to look at his face.

"I don't know what advice the prince will give you?"

Gu Lingqing snorted coldly, and looked at the bean-sized beads of sweat dripping from the county magistrate's forehead, showing a bit of contempt on his expression: "The magistrate's great official authority just now made this king feel ashamed .”

Zhao Min didn't expect that Gu Lingqing's words could be so bad. A storyteller and an official authority really hide a knife in his words.

"Hehe..." Zhao Min couldn't help but laugh out loud at such a serious moment.

"Ahem..." Zhao Min hurriedly raised his right hand, covered his mouth, and pretended to cough twice, pretending that nothing happened just now.

If it is said that when Gu Lingqing satirized the county magistrate as a storyteller just now, the county magistrate was furious, thinking that he would show Gu Lingqing a good look later, but now listening to the irony in his words, the county magistrate did not have the slightest hint of sarcasm. Any feeling of dissatisfaction, instead, what arises in the heart is fear.

Seeing that the county magistrate didn't speak, Gu Lingqing sneered, and asked about today's serious business.

"I don't know if there is evidence for what the magistrate said just now? Why is it inconsistent with what this king has learned? Huh?"

The word "um" frightened the county magistrate even more, and he swallowed nervously. After learning of Gu Lingqing's identity just now, he was thinking about how to deal with it.

Although this family is one of the richest in Liangcheng, it is also beneficial for me to deal with them well, but what I see in front of me is His Royal Highness King Qi, if I am not careful, it will be a matter of losing my head, which is more important , the county magistrate knows his own mind.

"Returning to the lord, it must be that the officers and soldiers under Weichen did not investigate carefully, so they presented the results in front of Weichen, but Weichen did have the responsibility of negligence, and did not investigate the situation properly before bringing this matter up and down. In conclusion, please forgive me, my lord."

This Wei Wentong had good calculations in his mind. Although His Royal Highness King Qi could not offend him, he could never betray the Tang family. How much benefit he had gained from the Tang family over the years.

That Tang Shijie was not easy to fool, if he turned against the Tang family, angered Tang Shijie, and directly handed over the evidence to the prince, he would definitely not be able to get away with the crime of accepting bribes.

Neither is it left, nor is it right, Wei Wentong can only try to balance the interests of the two parties, and take this mistake by himself. How to put it, this negligence of duty and bribery are two completely different things.

"Oh? This king is not that unreasonable person. Since the magistrate has said so, I will give you another day. I hope that by this time tomorrow, the magistrate will be able to find out the ins and outs of this matter. , to make a correct judgment.”

"Yes, yes, I will handle it impartially."

Gu Lingqing cast a disdainful glance at the county magistrate, stood up and walked out, Zhao Min froze on the spot and didn't react, is this the end?
Seeing that Zhao Min was still in a daze and did not follow, Gu Lingqing stopped at the door and looked back: "Let's go."

It was only then that Zhao Min came to his senses: "Oh." After recovering, she followed Gu Lingqing out of the yamen.

After Gu Lingqing left the yamen, the county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief: "Hurry up and help me get up!"

The master on the side also had weak legs, but after hearing the county magistrate's anger, he forced himself to stand up, helped him up, and sat on the chair where Gu Lingqing had been sitting just now.

(End of this chapter)